noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
short sleeves; short-sleeved
Refers to clothing with short sleeves. Can be used as a noun or as a no-adjective to modify another noun (e.g., 半袖のシャツ).
夏は半袖のシャツが涼しい。
In summer, short-sleeved shirts are cool.
このTシャツは半袖ですか。
Is this T-shirt short-sleeved?
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for readability or in informal contexts.
Compound of 半 (half) and 袖 (sleeve). The reading はんそで is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 半 and the kun'yomi of 袖.